[righthand]

https://gleam.run/

Maybe not every web page has to explain everything all the time?

[henryfjordan]

A page advertising an event published to a very general forum would see more success if it explained the core reason for the event

[jakelazaroff]

If you don't already know what Gleam is, why would you want to attend a Gleam conference?

[bourbonjuggler]

It could be used as an opportunity to be educated on a language that you previously knew nothing about.

[yladiz]

Sorry, but the target audience isn’t the very general forum of HN, it’s folks who likely know Gleam (given it’s a Gleam conference). Should they have a small explainer link? Maybe, but I don’t think they need to go in depth about it and a link to the language page is enough.

[tmoertel]

Please note that the person who posted this announcement to HN is the event's organizer. Thus it seems reasonable to conclude that "the very general forum of HN" is part of the event's target audience.

[henryfjordan]

A link to the language page would've been great, but it's not on the event page...

[tmoertel]

This one should. The whole point of announcements is to cast a wide net in hopes of catching people who are new to the scene, and those new folks shouldn't be expected to already know the scene's lingo.

[bourbonjuggler]

I think it's a relevant question. Other than the minimal mention that it's a programming language, there's not even a link to the main site.